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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Collection of facts about the Crisis of the Third Century

This post is a collection of facts about the Crisis of the Third Century (235 - 284 AD). There are 14 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Crisis in the Roman Empire
• Barbarian invasions, civil wars and rebellions
• Attacks from the Sassanid Empire
• Debasement of the currency and hyperinflation
• Breakdown of trade networks
• Serverus Alexander assassinated in 235 AD
• Year of the Six Emperors: 238 AD
• Plague of Cyprian (249 - 262 AD)
• Valerian captured in 260 AD
• Gallic Empire (Gaul, Britain, Hispania) seceded in 260 AD
• Aegyptus (Syria, Palestine, Aegyptus) seceded in 267 AD
• Aurelian (r. 270 - 275 AD) united the empire
• Aurelian assassinated in 275 AD
• Diocletian ended the civil war in 285 AD